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• Trump takes shot at quarterback Kaepernick

  20-03-2017 11:01 via wbrz.com
  
  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is taking a swipe at quarterback Colin Kaepernick as he holds a campaign-style rally in Louisville, Kentucky.Kaepernick, an NFL free agent, has yet to be signed to a team.Trump tells the crowd he read an article reporting that NFL owners don't want to pick Kaepernick up "because they don't want to get a nasty tweet from Donald Trump.""Do you believe that?" he asked the enthusiastic crowd.Kaepernick refused to stand during the national anthem at the start of NF
  
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• WATCH: St. James Parish assessing damage after likely tornado runs through communities

  17-05-2024 09:46 via wbrz.com
  
  ROMEVILLE — The Romeville area of St. James Parish appears to have suffered the worst from severe weather that rolled through the metro area overnight. The main damage appears to be along River Road north of Convent.Radar images from the storm suggested that a tornado had formed and had tossed debris into the air. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Crews respond to fully-engulfed structure fire in Laplace

  17-05-2024 09:38 via wbrz.com
  
  LAPLACE - A building was fully engulfed in flames as crews responded to the fire early Friday morning. Pictures from the St. John Parish Fire Department showed the building on the 100 block of West 5th Street stripped to its frame. The fire was reported to be under control, but the building itself appeared to be a total loss. There was no word on what caused the fire. Permalink| Comments
  
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• PHOTOS: Storm damage from Thursday, May 16

  17-05-2024 08:54 via wbrz.com
  
  Another round of severe weather hit southeastern Louisiana Thursday night, leaving roads and schools closed and the National Weather Service speculating about a possible tornado in St. James Parish. Trees fell across roadways, power outages left schools closed and residents without electricity, including those who had only had their power turned back on for mere hours following Tuesday's storms. If you have photos of damage from Thursday night's storm, send them to weather@wbr
  
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• Scheffler detained by police at PGA Championship for not following orders after traffic fatality

  17-05-2024 08:14 via wbrz.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was arrested Friday morning on his way to the PGA Championship, with stunning images showing him handcuffed as he was led to a police car. ESPN reported he failed to follow police orders during a pedestrian fatality investigation.Traffic was backed up for about a mile in both directions on the only road that leads to Valhalla Golf Club, with dozens of police vehicles flashing red-and-blue lights near the entrance.Police said a
  
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• School closures announced after severe weather

  17-05-2024 04:25 via wbrz.com
  
  School closures have been announced after overnight weather. The following list is current and more schools could be added:East Feliciana Parish
  - All schools closed due to downed trees on highwaysPermalink| Comments
  
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• LSU baseball beats Ole Miss 5-1 to start last regular season series

  16-05-2024 20:20 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - LSU got a 5-1 win over Ole Miss Thursday night to begin the team's last regular season series.LSU took a 5-0 lead over Ole Miss by the bottom of the fourth inning and never looked back, with Ole Miss responding with one run in the top of the fifth.The Tigers continue their series against Ole Miss Friday at 6:30 p.m.Permalink| Comments
  
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• LSU softball Regional start pushed up on Friday due to weather concerns

  16-05-2024 19:08 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - The start of the Baton Rouge NCAA softball Regional has been moved up on Friday to hopefully work around the potential for disruptive weather in the area.LSU will still play the second game of the day, however their game against Jackson State will start at 130pm instead of 5pm as originally planned.??SCHEDULE UPDATE ??Due to expected weather, Friday’s Baton Rouge Regional double header will be at 11 am and 1:30 pm.
  LSU will face Jackson State at 1:30 pm. on ESPN+. pic.tw
  
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• Experts say Louisiana's new congressional map might not alter current breakdown

  16-05-2024 18:23 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's decision on the congressional maps, experts are saying the changes are likely to benefit a Black Democrat in the race in November, but this is not the end of the story for future elections."This is not over at least legally, but politically this will be the map we will have for this election," Dr. Albert Samuels, who heads the political science department at Southern University, said.The new map creates a second majority-black district that
  
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• Former Saints cornerback Delvin Breaux speaks to Amite High School about importance of mental health

  16-05-2024 18:21 via wbrz.com
  
  AMITE - With the semester ending, Amite High School brought in former NFL player and New Orleans Saints' cornerback Delvin Breaux to speak about his hardships.Breaux spoke to students about the importance of mental health. Breaux himself suffered with mental illness growing up. At nine years old, he said he grabbed his father’s gun and tried to commit suicide.In high school, Breaux broke his neck playing football. He was still able to receive his scholarship at LSU but never played a
  
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• New affordable housing complex coming to Oklahoma Street near downtown Baton Rouge

  16-05-2024 17:31 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - With an investment of $8.5 million, Partners Southeast, the development arm of the East Baton Rouge Parish Housing Authority, has started construction of Cypress River Lofts.The complex will feature 19 energy efficient one- and three-bedroom flats located at the corner of Duane and Oklahoma streets near downtown Baton Rouge.
  "The long-term commitment to transform South Baton Rouge began in 2002 when EBRPHA was awarded a HOPE VI grant through the U.S. Department o
  
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• NTSB: Plane that killed Baton Rouge doctor and two adult children went 'violently out of control'

  16-05-2024 16:32 via wbrz.com
  
  LEIPERS FORK, Tenn. — An airplane carrying a Louisiana plastic surgeon and two of his children who were scheduled to graduate from LSU on Friday broke up and went "violently out of control" before crashing in hilly terrain southwest of Nashville, investigators said Thursday.Aaron McCarter, an air safety investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, said at a news conference that a broad debris field and reports of the airplane's wings folding backward while in flight sug
  
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• Donaldsonville hosting US senator, others, at Friday event to address pipeline safety

  16-05-2024 14:55 via wbrz.com
  
  DONALDSONVILLE — Federal officials who oversee pipelines will be in Louisiana on Friday to announce grants aimed at reducing the risk from an aging distribution system.Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said Thursday that members of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration be on hand for a news conference in Donaldsonville. The grants are available under a bipartisan infrastructure law that includes addressing pipelines most at risk for failure. More than $392 million will be
  
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• Livingston deputies say they nabbed those who stole items from Denham Springs salvage yard

  16-05-2024 14:43 via wbrz.com
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS — The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office said Thursday it had nabbed four people who stole speakers and other items from a salvage yard.Brown's Towing and Auto Salvage reported thefts from several vehicles last Friday and again on Monday. According to Sheriff Jason Ard, three people entered the locked salvage yard and broke the driver's window on a Chevrolet truck, then stole a set of subwoofers and an amplifier from it. Miscellaneous other vehicle parts were a
  
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• Entergy: Most power outages have been resolved, customers should prepare for more weather over weekend

  16-05-2024 14:27 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Power outages caused by Monday's severe storms and tornados should be behind most Entergy customers, but they should remain vigilant with more weather coming the capital area's way, the power company said."While this next wave of weather is expected to bring some high winds, the National Weather Service says the biggest threat is excessive rainfall and flash flooding," Entergy said Thursday morning.Only 3,000 customers across the state are without power, Entergy
  
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• 17-year-old arrested for involvement in two separate Gonzales shootings

  16-05-2024 14:27 via wbrz.com
  
  GONZALES - A 17-year-old was arrested for his involvement in two separate shootings, according to the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office.Keelan Irvin Jr, 17, of Gonzales, is booked for six counts of attempted second-degree murder, two counts negligent injuring, seven counts of aggravated criminal damage to property and two counts illegal use of weapons.Irvin was initially arrested after a vehicle occupied by six people along South St. Landry Avenue was shot at on May 12. Irvin and the victims we
  
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• How is the USS Kidd doing? Check out her new digs!

  16-05-2024 14:26 via wbrz.com
  
  HOUMA - It's been a couple of weeks now since the USS Kidd left her cradle in the heart of Baton Rouge. How is she doing?Well, the answer to that is simple: she's doing amazing. The Battleship Texas Foundation announced Thursday that it would be restoring the Kidd's anti-aircraft guns, using the knowledge their teams have from restoring their own local battleships. "The USS KIDD Veterans Museum and Battleship Texas Foundation are teaming up to bring some of the KIDD's guns bac
  
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• State Senate, House unanimously pass bill to increase penalties for owners of dogs that attack, kill someone

  16-05-2024 13:57 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — The State Senate unanimously gave final passage a bill Thursday that would increase penalties for owners of dogs that attack and kill someone.The bill — HB 213 — passed 36-0 in the Senate after the House of Representatives passed the bill 102-0 in April. The bill will not become law until the governor signs it.Rep. Stephanie Hilferty, R-Metairie, authored the bill. If signed into law, the bill would increase the penalty to 10 years from five years for
  
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• WATCH: Soul Food Fest returns to Baton Rouge this weekend; see our preview

  16-05-2024 13:43 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — The annual Baton Rouge Soul Food Fest will be held this weekend at the Main Library on Goodwood Boulevard.WBRZ's Mia Monet visited with organizers during the 2uneIn show Thursday morning. The festival will run from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Baker charter school searched in financial, records crimes investigation

  16-05-2024 13:33 via wbrz.com
  
  BAKER — A search warrant filed in court Thursday indicates that a charter school founder and CEO may be under investigation for financial crimes.Sheriff's deputies searched the school Monday, seizing computers, financial records and personnel files for members of Impact Charter School CEO Chakesha Scott's family members, court documents show.The search warrant for a case apparently begun in 2023 said the crimes being investigated include theft, injuring public records, filing false pu
  
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• Detectives searching for suspect believed to have robbed Circle K

  16-05-2024 13:08 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Officers are searching for a suspect who demanded money from a gas station clerk Saturday night. The Baton Rouge Police Department said the photographed individual walked into the Circle K on Nicholson Drive Saturday night just after 8 p.m.. The person then demanded money from the clerk, but detectives did not specify whether money was taken. The victim told detectives that the suspect led them to believe they had a weapon. The suspect fled the scene before offic
  
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• Family of Southern student killed in case of mistaken identity pleading for more leads

  16-05-2024 12:50 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - It's been two very long months for the family of Jayrick Washington."I wait everyday to wake up, hoping that this is just a dream," said his mother, Lynette Soulaire.Jayrick was shot on i110 and crashed near the Dalrymple exit just five days before his 19th birthday."My brother was just trying to go to work and he did not see this coming to him at all," said his sister Deaneigh Washington. The Jennings native was working at Walmart and getting his degree in business at So
  
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• 2une In Previews: Tuition-free EMT classes

  16-05-2024 12:24 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Have you ever wanted to be an EMT? Now is the time: Acadian Ambulance services is offering a free EMT class. Attend the class at any of the Acadian locations and learn basic life-saving techniques to make a difference in your community. Watch the video above for more information!Permalink| Comments
  
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• Amazon jobs to become available by end of week at former Cortana Mall-turned fulfilment center

  16-05-2024 12:11 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — The grand opening of the Amazon Fulfillment Center at the former site of Cortana Mall is approaching and jobs for the facility will become available starting Friday, a city councilman said.Anywhere from 1,900 and 2,500 jobs will be available starting at $16.50 an hour, Cleve Dunn Jr. said. Dunn's District 6 includes the facility, which is set to open sometime in mid-2024.The $200 million facility has been long gestating. WBRZ first reported on the facility in 2019. Since
  
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• Sandbag locations across EBR, WBR ahead of severe weather moving in Thursday night

  16-05-2024 09:57 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - More severe weather is projected to move into the capital area Thursday night and into the weekend. Sandbags are being provided at several BREC park locations to help keep you and your loved ones safe in the event of flash flooding. Sandbags can be found at the following locations:- Alsen Park
  - Cadillac Street
  - Doyles Bayou Park
  - Flannery Road Park
  - Hartley-Vey at Gardere Park
  - Lovett Road Park
  - Memorial StadiumSandbags will also be available at multiple lo
  
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• Killian will rescind state of emergency, but boil advisory will remain in place

  16-05-2024 09:33 via wbrz.com
  
  KILLIAN - After multiple samples from Killian's water system tested negative for total coliform, parish leaders will rescind the town's state of emergency, but the boil advisory will remain in place. Livingston Parish President Randy Delatte announced Thursday that the emergency declaration would be lifted. However, it will be up to the Louisiana Department of Health to decide when it is safe for the town's boil advisory to be removed, as well. "The town of Killian has receive
  
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• Teenagers can exercise at Planet Fitness over the summer for free

  16-05-2024 08:12 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Starting June 1, teens ages 14-19 can work out for free at their home Planet Fitness locations. By preregistering through PF's Summer Pass program, teenagers can stay active throughout the summer with no additional fees. The program will run through the end of August. Planet Fitness has run its summer program for four years. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Car catches fire outside Scenic Highway auto shop

  16-05-2024 08:01 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A car caught fire on the side of an auto shop early Thursday morning. The Baton Rouge Fire Department said the car was outside of Capital City Collision on Scenic Highway. The fire was quickly placed under control. There appeared to be no damages to the building or adjacent cars also outside of the shop. There were no injuries, and investigators are still looking into the cause of the fire. Permalink| Comments
  
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• BRPD looking for man who broke into 26 storage units Saturday, outran officers

  15-05-2024 21:07 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police officers are searching for a man who got away after breaking into 26 storage units early Saturday morning. An arrest warrant says 30-year-old Nathaniel Henry picked up an accomplice at an OYO hotel sometime before 4 a.m. on May 11. Henry allegedly told his collaborator that he "knew where to break into some storage units for an easy lick," paperwork said. Around 4:15 a.m., Baton Rouge police officers were called to The Storage Center on Old Hammond Highway
  
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• Help available for Pointe Coupee residents ahead of new round of storms

  15-05-2024 18:10 via wbrz.com
  
  POINTE COUPEE - As a new round of storms is set to roll in this week, some residents in Pointe Coupee Parish are just starting to clean up from the damage caused Monday."We're still cleaning up, hopefully we don't have to clean up after the next one." Said Joe Lejeune, as resident in Livonia.Pointe Coupee fire district 4 firefighters were handing out free tarps before the next round of storms hit. Terence Sellers was there picking up some after trees crashed into his family's trailer home.&
  
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